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Posted on 08/16/2005 3:45:48 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
SINGAPORE, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- To be compensated by Airbus for the eight-month delivery delay of its first A380 aircraft is Singapore Airlines' (SIA) preferred option up to now, SIA's vice-president for Public Affairs Stephen Forshaw said on Tuesday.
According to Channel NewsAsia report, SIA, the first customer of the largest commercial aircraft ever built, "has not ruled out a lawsuit against the plane manufacturer" while having compensation talks with it.
SIA might ask for over 6 million US dollars, said the report.
As a A380 plane has 555 seats, which is 30 percent more than a Boeing 747-400, SIA said that it has to expand the leases on some of the Boeing 747s to deal with high passenger loads during the period of the delay.
SIA has ordered 10 A380 planes, together with another 15 on option. The first delivery was scheduled in March 2006.
In early June this year, Airbus confirmed the delay of the delivery of its super-jumbo jet for no specific reason. Enditem
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Again I state that it took all of Europe with their heavy Government funding to do what one US company does on its own...build large aircraft that are still the world standard.
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We're Euroweenies, with our noses so far in the air we might drown in a rainstorm, don't you know. We don't have to give you plebes no friggin' reason for a delay! You are fortunate that we stoop to relieve you of your dinero/$/francs/what-have-you.
No specific reasons?
One wonders what could be so damning that they couldn't be "specific".
The overweight issue was well known. Any other possibilities?
Why would any airline order A380s until the truth finds it's way out of the hangar and they could feel assured that the aircraft will meet safety standards and performance claims?
Am I wrong, or is Boeing simply more straightforward about such things?
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I assume the airlines got it in writing that the plane perform to its specifications. What do you do when it doesn't?
If your new plane is a gashog or a hangar queen, orders get cancelled, options evaporate and customers go to your competition. Better to delay delivery and try to fix problems than to put a shoddy product on the runway for all to see.
Delta should order some A380s. They are nearing bankruptcy and could use the cash.
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